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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Harem \Ha"rem\, n.[Ar. haram, orig., anything forbidden of
sacred, fr harama to forbid, prohibit.] [Written also haram
and hareem.]
1. The apartments or portion of the house allotted to females
in Mohammedan families.
2. The family of wives and concubines belonging to one man,
in Mohammedan countries; a seraglio.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
harem
n : place reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives
in a Muslim household [syn: {hareem}, {seraglio}, {serail}]
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